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AllSeptember 17, 2025
Congressional Republicans Would Rather Shut Down the Government Than Help Millions of Americans Afford Health Care
Washington D.C — Republicans in Congress are holding millions of Americans’ health care hostage as the government funding deadline looms. Under the Republican Tax Law, which also included massive cuts to Medicaid, health care tax credits that have allowed millions of Americans to afford basic health insurance are set to expire – all so billionaires […]
September 16, 2025
Congressional Republicans Vote (Again) To Support The Economy Crushing Tariffs
Make no mistake: Trump and congressional Republicans own this $2,300 tax hike on working families Washington, D.C. — Nearly every House Republican just doubled down on making working families’ lives harder by once again voting to let President Trump’s cost-raising tariffs continue. Their vote comes days after a groundbreaking Yale Budget Lab report showing the […]
September 16, 2025
NEW ADS: Unrig Our Economy Launches New Ads Calling Out Congressman Tom Kean Jr. and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks for Voting To Cut Their Constituents’ Health Care
Washington D.C — Today, Unrig Our Economy released new ads calling out Congressman Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07) and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) for their votes to trade millions of Americans’ health care for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and put the livelihoods of New Jersey and Iowa families at risk. The ads feature Roseanne and […]
September 15, 2025
Grocery Prices See Biggest Monthly Jump Since 2022
Nation’s Major Grocers Cite Tariffs For Increased Grocery Prices, While American Families Bear the Brunt of Trump and Congressional Republicans’ Reckless Trade Policies WASHINGTON, DC – New reporting from the Department of Labor revealed Thursday that consumer prices rose between July and August, marking the biggest month-over-month increase in food-at-home prices since 2022 — all […]
September 15, 2025
Long-Term Unemployment Hits Highest Level Since the Pandemic After Months of Republican Tariffs and Billionaire Tax Breaks
Washington D.C — A troubling trend is emerging in the U.S. economy that threatens to hit working-class people the hardest – persistent, long-term unemployment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1 in 4 unemployed Americans have been without work for six months or longer, which is the highest it has been since the pandemic. […]
September 12, 2025
The Republican Tax Law is Bleeding Rural and Children’s Hospitals Dry
Washington D.C — The Republican Tax Law is already wreaking havoc on working families’ health care. Families are set to see 75% health insurance cost increases thanks to congressional Republicans’ refusal to include an ACA tax credit extension alongside their billionaire tax breaks. And millions of Americans will lose coverage thanks to the largest Medicaid […]
September 11, 2025
CNN: Double Whammy for Americans: Inflation Continues to Rise as Jobs Outlook Grows Weaker
Washington, D.C. — The August inflation report makes one thing clear: Congressional Republican policies are wreaking havoc on the economy. CNN reports that inflation accelerated in August because of Republican-backed tariffs—a “double whammy” for Americans who are not only struggling with rising costs but are dealing with a weakening job market caused by those same […]
September 11, 2025
House Republican Admits Republican Tariffs Are Destroying the American Economy
Washington D.C — This week, retiring Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE) admitted what working people have known for months: The Republican tariffs he and other congressional Republicans voted to support are harming the economy, telling reporters that tariffs don’t work and are the reason for economic ‘storm clouds on the horizon.’ For once, Congressman Bacon is […]
September 9, 2025
SPLIT SCREEN: GOP Fine Dines at the People’s House While Americans Budget $1 Meals
WASHINGTON –– As congressional Republicans dined on New York Strip, potato croquettes, and a splendid spinach peppercorn sauce with billionaires at the new ‘Rose Garden Club,’ working Americans were left strategizing on how to budget $1/day meals thanks to the policies Republicans recently passed. Over the weekend, CNN profiled sisters giving online tips to a […]